Royale's meeting in London: Prince Harry, 35, and Duchess Meghan, 38, first met Queen Elizabeth, 93, and other high-ranking members of the royal family after the announcement of their retreat. Royal fans and the media had been looking forward to the encounter with Prince William, 37, and Duchess Catherine, 38, in advance. Interactions between the couples were kept to a minimum. A protocol change is to blame.
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry: they are not chasing the Queen
Harry and Meghan were taken straight to their seats upon arrival at Westminster Abbey; a few minutes later Kate and William did the same. It was different at Commonwealth Day 2019: together with William, Kate, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, they had waited for the arrival of the Queen in the entrance area before following her to the seats in the front area of the Abbey. The group situation was then extensively analyzed in the media.
This Jar fails the analysis, only Charles and Camilla followed the Queen. What is behind it? "The body language of the Royals would have spoken volumes," explains Royal Reporter Arndt Striegler to GALA when asked. "Every gesture, every facial expression and every word is the breeding ground for new speculations and rumors. So the protocol chief made sure that a group situation like 2019 does not arise. "
It is not known whether this was actually the reason or the withdrawal of Harry and Meghan plays a role – if you no longer want to work for the royal family, you can no longer appear with the Queen. The palace is silent as always. "Mail Online" has learned interesting things for this.
Trouble with Harry and Meghan: Kate and William settle
The officials allegedly initially only referred Harry and Meghan to the places. The couple was "upset" about this degradation. In order to avoid tensions within the family and not to make any new headlines for the media, Kate and William had decided at the weekend to also take their places directly and not to walk with the Queen through the nave.
Unpleasant: According to the "Daily Mail", 2,000 program sequences had already been printed, on which Kate and William were planned as part of the invasion …
Kate, William, Meghan and Harry kept their distance
The interaction of William, Kate, Meghan and Harry was kept to a minimum during the service. According to the ranking, the Sussexes were one row behind the Cambriges. After all, when William and Kate came to their seats, the faces of Harry and Meghan brightened. The Duchess even waved to her brother-in-law and sister-in-law briefly. While William greeted the two briefly but kindly, Kate seemed reserved.
So it went in 2019 between the royals
At the last Commonwealth Day service in March 2019, Duchess Meghan had been pregnant with Baby Archie and the supposedly tense mood towards William and Kate was a perennial favorite in the media. So you looked very closely when the Royals stood a few minutes together in the church before the Queen arrived. The verdict: efforts were made to demonstrate harmony. Kate and Meghan and William and Harry didn't want to buy the friendly relationship. In 2020 the meeting was now significantly frostier …
Sources used: own research
This article originally appeared on Gala.de.